Science login

A Science login provides faculty students and employees access to services like networked storage, computer labs, JupyterHub, clusternodes and GitLab & Mattermost.

A Science login usually resembles your name and does not contain periods, capital letters or an at sign (@). For example johndoe.

All settings related to your Science login, like setting your password, MFA, storage, groups and email aliases can be managed in DIY. See the DIY howto for more information.

For Students & Employees

To create your Science login:

1. Go to DIY.
2. Select “Login using Radboud account”
3. Follow the prompts to create your account.
4. Employees must provide their department contact person’s login name during registration.
5. Configure your MFA, either using an app with TOTP or a hardware Yubikey.
6. You will receive further instructions at your @ru.nl email address once the account is created.

Account Validity: Your Science login remains active for the duration of your enrollment or employment. It will be disabled upon leaving the university and permanently removed one month later.

If you are leaving the university but need to retain your Science login, please contact your department’s contact person.

For Guests & trainees

Guests and trainees can receive a Science login upon request by their department’s contact person.

Request a Science login for guests & trainees

To request a Science login for a guest or trainee, email the following information to our helpdesk:

• desired loginname
• full name
• your loginname
• private email address used to send initial login credentials to
• the expiry date after which the account is deactivated

Guests

If you want to give one or more guests temporary access to, for example, the wireless network or to the PCs in the computer labs, then there are several options: